Comments | kazzman: Framing the "Debate"

kazzman

Framing the "Debate"

Apr 07, 2008 16:51

Frame 1

Today I was forced to pay $80 for something I didn't even want and that *should* have been paid for by someone else.

Frame 2$80 for 10 years free from Tetanus and Diptheria (that is, until I reach the ancient age of 35) and a lifetime free of Pertussis is probably worth $80, even though my insurance refused to pay a penny ( Read more... )

Comments 6

seckzee April 8 2008, 00:20:27 UTC

Yea I had to pay a lot for meningitis when I came to UW in 2002. Does your arm hurt a lot? I got tetanus back in 2002 and that made my arm sore!

kazzman April 8 2008, 05:43:51 UTC

It was interesting - I was surprised at the utter lack of soreness. For the first two hours. But even then it wasn't nearly so bad as I remember and only lasted 3-4 hours. Maybe the addition of the Pertussis vaccine helped?

travelsizedoug April 9 2008, 02:33:01 UTC

I'm surprised...I paid 35 bucks at Spokane County Health District. Hall Health is a rip-off for those things.

travelsizedoug April 9 2008, 02:32:35 UTC

Considering your previous history of accidental injuries involving sharp objects (remember when I moved into your apartment last summer? Ride to the hospital?), this is a worthwhile investment. Quit whinin ;)

Shots... romlock April 13 2008, 23:07:29 UTC

Perhaps I err, but were the shots forced upon you by UW or some other institution? I only ask because Wake Forest was a day away from kicking me out of classes for having my tetanus vaccine out of date by a week.

Ahhh institutions, so malleable and understanding, how I love thee.

Re: Shots... kazzman April 14 2008, 00:52:08 UTC

No, definitely no institutional pressures there, just a personal preference to not contract the disease.

And how odd. I understand requirements of inoculation against contagious diseases, but tetanus? I mean, unless you're coughing up rusty nails, but you've got bigger problems at that point....